Jaycee's alleged kidnapper on Google Street View?

Few could imagine a more chilling tale of depravity than the story that has emerged over the last few days concerning the kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard.

While her alleged kidnapper, Phillip Garrido, has now been revealed to have penned a disturbing blog, some commenters on Boing Boing have uncovered visuals from Google Street View that they believe show him in pursuit of a Google car.

One shot from Xeni Jardin's montage.

(Credit: CC Xeni/Flickr)

Boing Boing co-editor Xeni Jardin has posted a series of Street View shots in which a van is seen progressing from Garrido's address in Antioch, Calif., toward a Street View car.

At Boing Boing, Jardin gives precise directions on how to follow the van on Street View and believes that its driver may have been suspicious of a Google Volkswagen that was filming for the Street View site. Jardin describes it as "the creepiest thing I've ever seen on Google Street View."

No one viewing this footage when it first went live would ever have considered it suspicious. However, some have pointed out that had police viewed this overhead shot from Google Maps, perhaps it might have made them search Garrido's home with a little more vigor.

[bonesbautista]

Twenty years ago my parents lived about two blocks west from Westley Allen Dodd, and remember the night the Sheriff raided his house. No one I knew could have imagined what horrors he set up in his house for his victims, with no real signs of evidence of the monster he was. But, he trolled the neighborhoods once in a while, really, really creepy behavior. Those shots of Garrido cruising about brought back a few memories of Dodd driving about... Yikes.

[twburger]

The overhead view looks like stuff covered with tarps. I'm not sure that without your perfect 20-20 hind site and all of the facts now known that this obviously looks like a compound holding a kidnap victim. Some police officers do bad and stupid things now and then, but do not try to invent police incompetence. Besides, the police department did apologize and gave no excuses.

[servermaker]

I second.

[gggg sssss]

fry him

[ckurowic]

How about we fry some of our leaders for their **** poor decisions? Get pissed about that instead of some *******.

[eBob1]

If one looks at the overhead view, there is what appears to be a silver van with a rusted roof. It could very well be the same van.

I have noticed lately that the Street View images have become incredibly blurry. It used to be that I could discern business names. Now, unless the building is really close to the street it is impossible to see it.

[Hokulea]

Looks like there is also a swimming pool and trampoline in Garrido's backyard. Hard to believe the neighbors never noticed anything amiss.

The house next door looks even more suspicious with 7 vehicles, 3 travel trailers, and several buildings outback.

Guess Antioch doesn't have much in the way of zoning requirements.